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To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDITH WEBSTER CAL- VVERT, a citizen of the United States, and a l resident of Peoria, in the county ofPeoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain .new and useful Improvements in Dolls, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to dolls which are to a large extent indestructible. The object of my invention is the construction and production of a doll, the outside of which is composed entirely of flexible material such as cloth, and in which the limbs are jointed to the body so as to be movable thereon to imitate the natural movement of limbs, and in which the'face of the doll is formed to properly represent a face and suitably colored.

Further objects of my invention will appear and be described as this specification progresses.

The novelty of my invention will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a representation of the complete doll when viewed from the front.

Fig. 2, is a sectional view through the head.

Fig. 3, is a sectional view through one of the limb joints.

The same numerals of reference areused to indicate identical parts kin all the figures.

In its preferred form of construction my doll consists of the head 1, body 2, limbs 3.

The head 1 consists of the outer covering 4, of flexible material, which is formed into proper shape by pressure, preferably in a mold, and within the head and immediately back of the face thereof is a reinforcement 5 which is preferably made of a plastic material such as plaster of Paris, the remainder of the head being suitably filled with a fibrous material such as cotton, as shown at 6, Fig. 2.

The body 2is formed of a suitable outside of flexible material 7, Fig. 3, and suitably filled with the same or a similar filling material 8,v and the limbs are formed of a suitable outside of flexible material 9 and filled similarly to the body by the filling material 10.

Within the body and adjacent to the point Specicaton of Letters Patent.

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' `Application iled December 6, 1915. Serial No. 65,181.

place a within the outside covering' 7 and contacting with this disk 11 on the side thereof opposite the covering, is a pressure disk 12, the latter being preferably formed of metal having a certain amount of spring, the disk 11 being preferably made of a heavy straw or other suitable board.

A mating disk 13 and pressure disk 14 are within the connection area of each limb and a connector 15 passes through all of the disks of a joint to unite the parts.

The above described joint when assembled, permits freedom of motion of the limbs with relation to the body and at the salne time holds the limbs so that they do not work so freely as to prevent the doll from being stood on its feet, the spring effect of the disks 12 and 14 serving to hold the limb in any position to which it may be moved, and also to take up any wear that may occur in the joint.

The construction of the head is as follows:

The material from which the head is made is cut to the pattern and then given a coating of stiffening solution such as starch, after which it is placed in a mold consisting of an inner and an outer form, and the features of the face impressed into the material, then the inner form is removed and a coating of a waXlike substance is applied to the inner side of the material and the plastic reinforcement is applied.

After the plastic material has set, the

khead is removed from the outer mold and finished by being filled, whereupon it is attached to the body and then colored.

The object of the coating of wax-like substance to the inner side of the face is to serve as a cushion between the reinforcement 5 and the covering material 4 and also in a measure to more firmly unite the parts.

This wax-like cushion is shown by the heavy inner line about the face in Fig. 2.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim,

1. In a doll comprising` a body and limbs, the combination of a head formed of flexible material having the features of the face impressed therein, a Ireinforcement within the head and back of the features to retain the latter, and a WaXlike cushion between the reinforcement and the features of the face.

2. In a doll comprising a body with limbs attached thereto, the combination of a '2 v l y 1,249,322

consisting of a flexible outside part, feable material With face features formed tures formed in the facepart of said head, ya therein and colored to represent a face, a WaXlike cushion ontlie insidefsaidhead "cushion immediately'baek of said features, .and immediately back of said features, rigidk a skull immediately back of said cushion t0 5 material back 0f said Waxlike cushion and Hretain the shape of the head, and a. yielding 15 formedsimilarto a skullsto retaiuthefshape material filling immediately back of said 'f saidlie'a'd, and 'a fleiible material filling skull and Within said head to lild said immediately back of Said rigi'dfmaterial. skullinpropemposition with relation to the 3. In a doll Comprising a body and limbs, face features. 10 -vtheeombinati'nf'of ahead Comprisingflexi- EDITH VEBSTER CAL/TERT. 

